This has been made possible by a number of community organizations both here in Latvia and in cooperation with friends and colleagues from Sweden and Ireland.
Ieva Ādamsone, of the Ganta Foundation, said that now that the Ukrainian army has already entered Russian territory, people are again stepping up to donate:
"I have to admit that maybe what is happening now is a push. But we have to step up and do it."
The convoy is also leaving on a sad note, as the Ganta Foundation, which has sent, as they say, countless shipments of donated aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the war, now needs support themselves.
"This convoy is one of the last big ones. Because, unfortunately, we are asked to leave our premises. We are very much hoping for common sense and action from the City Council and the other parties involved. But... for now, we are officially homeless," said Aigars Loss, a board member of the Foundation.
Every shipment is important, but this aid convoy is special because it will arrive in Kyiv on Ukraine's Independence Day - August 24.
